I talk with psychologist Michael Tomasello about how humans developed cognition and agency to better be social.

225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency

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I talk with biologist and architect Gizem Gumuskaya about building robots out of human cells.

274 | Gizem Gumuskaya on Building Robots from Human Cells

I talk with intellectual historian Stefanos Geroulanos about the stories we tell ourselves about our prehistoric humanity.

273 | Stefanos Geroulanos on the Invention of Prehistory

I talk with computer scientist Leslie Valiant about learning and educability in computers and people.

225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency

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